[Tony Montana]

Originally Posted by daniel-lewis-1985

Last nights Love Island averaged 3 million viewers (15%) - up 2% and 210k viewers on 2018

Yewande and Maura did that

[Vanessa]

Again, good ratings. This cast is great!

[daniel-lewis-1985]

RATINGS: Week 2 official figures for #LoveIsland (+ what each episode added)

Mon - 5.45m (+2.65)
Tue - 5.34m (+2.64)
Wed - 5.53m (+2.73)
Thu - 5.49m (+2.59)
Frid - 5.50m (+3.00)
Sun - 5.62m (+2.62)

Series Average - 5.60m (+1.8)

#UnseenBits - 1.78m
#LoveIslandAftersun - 1.56m

[Tony Montana]

Phenomenal ratings

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Last night was the most watched episode since launch with 3.1 million viewers (17.2%) up over 500k on last year.

[Vanessa]

Originally Posted by daniel-lewis-1985

Last night was the most watched episode since launch with 3.1 million viewers (17.2%) up over 500k on last year.

Brilliant

[Tony Montana]

Originally Posted by daniel-lewis-1985

Last night was the most watched episode since launch with 3.1 million viewers (17.2%) up over 500k on last year.

That’s spectacular. This show is on fire atm!

[Gstar]

higher than BB3

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Originally Posted by Germyle

higher than BB3

Not really. Tim's eviction in BB3 was watched by over 8 million people. Also half way through BB3 ratings picked up to average between 6 and 7 million per highlights episode.

It launched with 6 million and ended with 10 million.

Love Island is killing it and i think people expected it to drop in the ratings this year but its only risen however its not reached the heights of BB3 and i dont think it will either as it doesn't represent a broad enough age range.

[Gstar]

Originally Posted by daniel-lewis-1985

Not really. Tim's eviction in BB3 was watched by over 8 million people. Also half way through BB3 ratings picked up to average between 6 and 7 million per highlights episode.

It launched with 6 million and ended with 10 million.

Love Island is killing it and i think people expected it to drop in the ratings this year but its only risen however its not reached the heights of BB3 and i dont think it will either as it doesn't represent a broad enough age range.

I always thought BB3s average was 5.3 for some reason. Love Island is currently averaging 5.6 and BB3 was 5.8 (officials) so not far off

[DouglasS]

Originally Posted by daniel-lewis-1985

Not really. Tim's eviction in BB3 was watched by over 8 million people. Also half way through BB3 ratings picked up to average between 6 and 7 million per highlights episode.

It launched with 6 million and ended with 10 million.

Love Island is killing it and i think people expected it to drop in the ratings this year but its only risen however its not reached the heights of BB3 and i dont think it will either as it doesn't represent a broad enough age range.

It’s doing far better. You can’t compare ratings of 2002 to ratings of 2019. Viewership of all television channels has halved since. Love Island getting 5 million would be the equivalent of it getting like 10 million in that time. Taking into account the date differences Love Island is far more relevant and larger than BB3 ever was

[Greg!]

Originally Posted by DouglasS

It’s doing far better. You can’t compare ratings of 2002 to ratings of 2019. Viewership of all television channels has halved since. Love Island getting 5 million would be the equivalent of it getting like 10 million in that time. Taking into account the date differences Love Island is far more relevant and larger than BB3 ever was

How is it more relevant if its getting less viewers? That don't make no cents luv

[Gstar]

Originally Posted by Greg!

How is it more relevant if its getting less viewers? That don't make no cents luv

Originally Posted by DouglasS

You can’t compare ratings of 2002 to ratings of 2019. Viewership of all television channels has halved since. Love Island getting 5 million would be the equivalent of it getting like 10 million in that time.

That's the answer

[Bigbrother2015]

Originally Posted by DouglasS

It’s doing far better. You can’t compare ratings of 2002 to ratings of 2019. Viewership of all television channels has halved since. Love Island getting 5 million would be the equivalent of it getting like 10 million in that time. Taking into account the date differences Love Island is far more relevant and larger than BB3 ever was

The officials are online views too. The number of people watching TV hasn't declined at all, people just choose to watch on catch up now using laptops or tablets because it's easier for them if they miss the show on TV. So, if you think about it, Love Island really should have more views and 5 million today is not in-fact equivalent to 10 million back in the day but 2.5 million because people have far more options to catch up on shows today then they did in 2002.

[Jason.]

Originally Posted by DouglasS

]Love Island is far more relevant and larger than BB3 ever was

I think you're underestimating how immense BB was in its peak, especially BB3.

It was everywhere and everyone was talking about it in the same way people do with Love Island now. The difference then was it was all magazines and tabloids as opposed to Twitter and Instagram.

Not to mention it made the most famous and successful BB housemate in Jade Goody, who was arguably a more well-known name than anyone from Love Island. You even had people like Johnny Depp appearing on Graham Norton supporting her.

[Greg!]

Originally Posted by Jason.

I think you're underestimating how immense BB was in its peak, especially BB3.

It was everywhere and everyone was talking about it in the same way people do with Love Island now. The difference then was it was all magazines and tabloids as opposed to Twitter and Instagram.

Not to mention it made the most famous and successful BB housemate in Jade Goody, who was arguably a more well-known name than anyone from Love Island. You even had people like Johnny Depp appearing on Graham Norton supporting her.

Yeah and as well as Jade, 3 of them are still prominent in the media now with TV/Radio jobs (Alison, Adele and Kate)

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Last night's Love Island got 3.1 million viewers beating Eastenders 2nd episode which got 2.9.

[daniel-lewis-1985]

2.9 million viewers for last nights episode.

[*mazedsalv**]

Insane ratings.

No other words!

[Greg!]

But yeah these ratings are obvs incredible

[supertv247]

I’m pretty sure, if anything, BB3 would be the one with bigger ratings if it aired today with even more ways for people to watch it than the 5-10 million who watched it live back then. Love Island gets 3 million live right now and another 3 on catch up, back in 2002 this live figure would probably be bigger yeah but the catch up one would be non existent (as it was with BB back then) - so imo it shows that BB was far bigger, if you can even try to compare

[Gstar]

BB3 was huge in 2002 yes, but it wasn't the leading show on television. Eastenders, Coronation Street, Emmerdale were still very popular and was getting a lot more viewers. Shows like The Bill, Bad Girls and Bad Lads Army were also very popular and often got more viewers than BB3 as well.

When you compare this to 2019 where soaps are nowhere near as big and the only shows that get a "big" amount of viewers are IAC and BGT it does seem like Love Island is the go-to show and has definitely beat out all the local competition (Gogglebox, TOWIE, Hollyoaks) There isn't another big show on right now what everyone is talking about.

[Greg!]

Originally Posted by Germyle

BB3 was huge in 2002 yes, but it wasn't the leading show on television. Eastenders, Coronation Street, Emmerdale were still very popular and was getting a lot more viewers. Shows like The Bill, Bad Girls and Bad Lads Army were also very popular and often got more viewers than BB3 as well.

When you compare this to 2019 where soaps are nowhere near as big and the only shows that get a "big" amount of viewers are IAC and BGT it does seem like Love Island is the go-to show and has definitely beat out all the local competition (Gogglebox, TOWIE, Hollyoaks) There isn't another big show on right now what everyone is talking about.

I get your point but the big 3 soaps still get bigger ratings than LI does now (which is crazy to me since you never really hear people talk about EE for example, maybe it’s bc it has more old skewing demographic)

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Originally Posted by Germyle

BB3 was huge in 2002 yes, but it wasn't the leading show on television. Eastenders, Coronation Street, Emmerdale were still very popular and was getting a lot more viewers. Shows like The Bill, Bad Girls and Bad Lads Army were also very popular and often got more viewers than BB3 as well.

When you compare this to 2019 where soaps are nowhere near as big and the only shows that get a "big" amount of viewers are IAC and BGT it does seem like Love Island is the go-to show and has definitely beat out all the local competition (Gogglebox, TOWIE, Hollyoaks) There isn't another big show on right now what everyone is talking about.

Yet IAC And BGT still get well above 10 million so this theory fails.

Why are people trying to disprove BB3's success? lol It was huge, without the help of catchup and online streaming and it also went up against the World Cup.

BB3 was massive and this years Love Island is huge, more so because it's on a digital channel but defo not as big a talking point as BB was back in the day (for us who can remember).

Do any of the islanders make it on the lunch/evening time news? Coz the housemates of BB3 did lol It was discussed amongst every age group not just the 13 to 35 year olds.

Let's all remember celebrity Love Island was created by ITV and put in direct competition with BB, It is at it's core a rip off of Big Brother but in the simplest way and something that most BB viewers werent interested in..Fake romances.

EDIT: Just seen your respect for BB3 response, it did really pave the way for other reality shows. That same year IAC launches and had live streaming just like BB. Everyone was trying to imitate it.

[Gstar]

Also not discrediting BB3 at all, it was a huge success and really put Big Brother on the map. If BB3 flopped there probably wouldn't of been a BB6 so I will always have love for ha